Shift register unit, gate drive device and display device

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides a shift register unit including a pull-up module, an input module, a pull-down control module, a pull-down module, a reset discharging module, a voltage dividing module, a holding module, and a far end pull-down module. The shift register unit is designed in a split manner in order to perform pull-down compensation to the output signal at the far end, saving the low voltage signal at the far end, thereby saving the space and facilitating the design. The present disclosure further provides a gate driving device and a display device using the shift register unit.

RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims the benefit of Chinese patent applicationNo. 201510165116.5 filed on Apr. 9, 2015, all the disclosed contents ofthis Chinese patent application are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, inparticular to a shift register unit, and a gate drive device and adisplay device using the shift register unit.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

As a technology related to the existing driving circuit of a liquidcrystal display device, GOA (Gate Driver on Array) technology has beendeveloped in the art. A GOA circuit generally includes a plurality ofcascaded shift register units, wherein each shift register unit isconnected to a shift register unit of an adjacent row, corresponds to arow of gate line, and outputs a gate driving signal and at the same timeprovides the output signal to the next shift register unit to ensurethat the next shift register would implement outputting of the gatedriving signal in the next clock cycle.

However in the current GOA technology, a LCD of small size in generalhas a single-edge GOA structure. But in the single-edge GOA structure,only when there is a signal output at a signal output end of the nextshift register unit, the current shift register unit is reset to pulldown the signal output end of the current shift register unit to lowlevel. However, such design makes it difficult to guarantee the voltageat the far end of the driving circuit.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a shift register unit,and a gate driving device and a display device using the shift registerunit, to address the above described disadvantages.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a shift register unitis provided, which includes a pull-up module, an input module, apull-down control module, a pull-down module, a reset dischargingmodule, a voltage dividing module, a holding module, and a far endpull-down module; wherein the pull-up module is connected to a firstclock signal port, a pull-up control node and a signal output end, andconfigured to pull up a signal outputted from the signal output end tohigh level according to a potential of the pull-up control node and aclock signal inputted to the first clock signal port, said pull-upcontrol node being a connection point between the pull-up module and theinput module; the input module is connected to a signal input end, asecond clock signal port and the pull-up control node, and configured tocontrol the potential of the pull-up control node according to a signalinputted to the signal input end and a clock signal at the second clocksignal port; the pull-down control module is connected to the secondclock signal port, a pull-down control intermediate point and apull-down control node, and configured to control a potential of thepull-down control node according to a second clock signal and apotential of the pull-down control intermediate point, the pull-downcontrol intermediate point being a connection point between thepull-down control module and the voltage dividing module, and thepull-down control node being a connection point between the pull-downcontrol module and the pull-down module; the pull-down module isconnected to the pull-down control node, the pull-up control node, a lowlevel signal and the signal output end, and configured to pull down thepotential of the pull-up control node and the signal at the signaloutput end to low level according to the potential of the pull-downcontrol node; the reset discharging module is connected to a resetsignal end, the pull-up control node and the low level signal, andconfigured to pull down the potential of the pull-up control node to lowlevel according to a signal inputted to the reset signal end; thevoltage dividing module is connected to the pull-down controlintermediate point, the pull-down control node, the pull-up control nodeand the low level signal, and configured to control the potential of thepull-down control intermediate point and the potential of the pull-downcontrol node according to the potential of the pull-up control node; theholding module is connected to the second clock signal port, the lowlevel signal and the signal output end, and configured to hold thesignal outputted from the output end at low level according to thesignal inputted to the second clock signal port; and the far endpull-down module is connected to the far end of the signal output end,the first clock signal port and the second clock signal port, andconfigured to maintain a potential of the far end of the signal outputend at low level according to the signals inputted to the first andsecond clock signal ports.

Said shift register unit is designed in a split manner in order toperform pull-down compensation to the output signal at the far end,saving the low voltage signal at the far end, and thereby saving thespace and facilitating the design.

In an embodiment, said shift register unit may further include a stateclearing module configured to clear the state of the pull-down controlmodule.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a gate drivingdevice is provided, which includes a plurality of shift register unitsas described above, wherein said plurality of shift register units arecascaded, and a signal output end of each shift register unit, exceptfor the first shift register unit and the last shift register unit, isconnected to an input end of an adjacent next shift register unit and toa reset signal end of an adjacent previous shift register unit; andwherein a frame start signal is inputted to a signal input end of saidfirst shift register unit and a signal output end of said first shiftregister unit is connected to a signal input end of the second shiftregister unit, and a signal output end of said last shift register unitis connected to a reset signal end of an adjacent previous shiftregister unit.

In an embodiment, clock signals inputted to the first clock signal portsof two adjacent shift register units are opposite in phase, and clocksignals inputted to the second clock signal ports of two adjacent shiftregister units are opposite in phase.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a displaydevice is provided, which includes the gate driving device as describedabove.

This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in asimplified form which are further described below in the DetailedDescription. This Summary is not intended to identify key features oressential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended tobe used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subjectmatter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other aspects of the present invention will be describednow in more detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments ofthe present invention.

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a shift register unitaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a shift registerunit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates a signal sequence diagram of a shift register unitaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a gate drivingdevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Following embodiments are provided by way of example to make the presentdisclosure exhaustive and complete and to convey the scope of thepresent invention entirely to persons skilled in the art. The presentdisclosure is set forth in the context of representative embodimentswhich are not intended to be restrictive in any way.

Transistors employed in all the embodiments of the present invention maybe thin film transistors or field effect transistors or other deviceshaving the same characteristics. In the embodiments of the presentinvention, the source and drain of each transistor may be usedinterchangeably and thus for ease of description, one of them isreferred to as a first terminal and the other is referred to as a secondterminal.

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a shift register unitaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG.1, the shift register unit 100 includes a pull-up module 101, an inputmodule 102, a pull-down control module 103, a pull-down module 104, areset discharging module 105, a voltage dividing module 106, a holdingmodule 107, and a far end pull-down module 108. The pull-up module 101is connected to a first clock signal port CLK1, a pull-up control node(PU) and a signal output end OUTPUT_N (taking the Nth shift registerunit in the cascaded structure as an example), and configured to pull upa signal outputted from the signal output end to high level according toa potential of the pull-up control node and a clock signal inputted tothe first clock signal port, wherein said pull-up control node is aconnection point between the pull-up module and the input module. Theinput module 102 is connected to a signal input end INPUT_N (which isgenerally connected to a signal output port OUTPUT_N-1 of the previousshift register unit), a second clock signal port CLK2 and the pull-upcontrol node (PU), and configured to control the potential of thepull-up control node according to a signal inputted to the signal inputend and a clock signal at the second clock signal port. The pull-downcontrol module 103 is connected to the second clock signal port, apull-down control intermediate point (PD_CN) and a pull-down controlnode (PD), and configured to control a potential of the pull-downcontrol node according to a second clock signal and a potential of thepull-down control intermediate point, wherein the pull-down controlintermediate point is a connection point between the pull-down controlmodule and the voltage dividing module 106, and the pull-down controlnode is a connection point between the pull-down control module and thepull-down module 104. The pull-down module 104 is connected to thepull-down control node, the pull-up control node, a low level signal VSSand the signal output end, and configured to pull down the potential ofthe pull-up control node and the signal at the signal output end to lowlevel according to the potential of the pull-down control node. Thereset discharging module 105 is connected to a reset signal end RST_N(which is generally connected to a signal output port OUTPUT_N+1 of thenext shift register unit), the pull-up control node and the low levelsignal, and configured to pull down the potential of the pull-up controlnode to low level according to a signal inputted to the reset signalend. The voltage dividing module 106 is connected to the pull-downcontrol intermediate point, the pull-down control node, the pull-upcontrol node and the low level signal, and configured to control thepotential of the pull-down control intermediate point and the potentialof the pull-down control node according to the potential of the pull-upcontrol node. The holding module 107 is connected to the second clocksignal port, the low level signal and the signal output end, andconfigured to hold the signal outputted from the output end at low levelaccording to the signal inputted to the second clock signal port. Thefar end pull-down module 108 is connected to the far end OUTPUT_N′ ofthe signal output end, the first clock signal port and the second clocksignal port, and configured to maintain a potential of the far end ofthe signal output end at low level according to the signals inputted tothe first and second clock signal ports. Additionally, the shiftregister unit may further include a state clearing module 109 which isconnected to the pull-down control intermediate point and configured toclear the state of the pull-down control module 103.

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a shift registerunit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 2, the pull-up module includes: a first transistor M1, wherein agate of the first transistor M1 is connected to the pull-up control nodePU, a first terminal of the first transistor M1 is connected to thefirst clock signal port CLK1, and a second terminal of the firsttransistor M1 is connected to the signal output end OUTPUT_N; and afirst capacitor C1, wherein one end of the first capacitor C1 isconnected to the pull-up control node and the other end of the firstcapacitor C1 is connected to the signal output end.

The input module includes a second transistor M2, wherein a gate of thesecond transistor M2 is connected to the signal input end, a firstterminal of the second transistor M2 is connected to the second clocksignal port CLK2, and a second terminal of the second transistor M2 isconnected to the pull-up control node. The input module may furtherinclude a second capacitor C2, wherein one end of the second capacitorC2 is connected to the pull-up control node and the other end of thesecond capacitor C2 is connected to the second clock signal port, tomake the coupling effect of the clock signal at the second clock signalport on the PU point and the coupling effect of the clock signal at thefirst clock signal port on the PU point cancel out each other.

The pull-down control module includes: a third transistor M3, wherein agate and a first terminal of the third transistor M3 are connected tothe second clock signal port, and a second terminal of the thirdtransistor M3 is connected to the pull-down control intermediate pointPD_CN; and a fourth transistor M4, wherein a gate of the fourthtransistor M4 is connected to the pull-down control intermediate point,a first terminal of the fourth transistor M4 is connected to the secondclock signal port, and a second terminal of the fourth transistor M4 isconnected to the pull-down control node.

The pull-down module includes: a fifth transistor M5, wherein a gate ofthe fifth transistor M5 is connected to the pull-down control node, afirst terminal of the fifth transistor M5 is connected to the pull-upcontrol node, and a second terminal of the fifth transistor M5 isconnected to the low level signal; and a sixth transistor M6, wherein agate of the sixth transistor M6 is connected to the pull-down controlnode, a first terminal of the sixth transistor M6 is connected to thesignal output end, and a second terminal of the sixth transistor M6 isconnected to the low level signal.

The reset discharging module includes a seventh transistor M7, wherein agate of the seventh transistor M7 is connected to the reset signal end,a first terminal of the seventh transistor M7 is connected to thepull-up control node, and a second terminal of the seventh transistor M7is connected to the low level signal.

The voltage dividing module includes: an eighth transistor M8, wherein agate of the eighth transistor M8 is connected to the pull-up controlnode, a first terminal of the eighth transistor M8 is connected to thelow level signal, and a second terminal of the eighth transistor M8 isconnected to the pull-down control intermediate point; and a ninthtransistor M9, wherein a gate of the ninth transistor M9 is connected tothe pull-up control node, a first terminal of the ninth transistor M9 isconnected to the pull-down control node, and a second terminal of theninth transistor M9 is connected to the low level signal.

The holding module includes a tenth transistor M10, wherein a gate ofthe tenth transistor M10 is connected to the second clock signal port, afirst terminal of the tenth transistor M10 is connected to the signaloutput end, and a second terminal of the tenth transistor M10 isconnected to the low level signal.

The far end pull-down module includes an eleventh transistor M11,wherein a gate of the eleventh transistor M11 is connected to the secondclock signal port, a first terminal of the eleventh transistor M11 isconnected to the far end of the signal output end, and a second terminalof the eleventh transistor M11 is connected to the first clock signalport.

Additionally, the shift register unit may further includes a stateclearing module which may includes a twelfth transistor M12, wherein agate of the twelfth transistor M12 is connected to the first clocksignal port, a first terminal of the twelfth transistor M12 is connectedto the pull-down control intermediate point, and a second terminal ofthe twelfth transistor M12 is connected to the second clock signal port.

The circuit structure as shown in FIG. 2 is explained by taking P-typetransistors as an example; however, based on the description andteachings on the implementation with P-type transistors, implementationswith N-type transistor can also be readily devised by persons skilled inthe art without any inventive effort, all these implementations fallingwithin the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it should benoted that the structures of the various modules as described above aremerely exemplary rather than restrictive, and any structures that maycarry out the functions of the above described modules are contemplated.

FIG. 3 illustrates a signal sequence diagram of a shift register unitaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For the purpose ofmaking the description of the present disclosure more exhaustive, nowdescription is made in connection with the exemplary structural diagramof FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the clock signal inputted to the first clock signalport and the clock signal inputted to the second clock signal port areopposite in phase. At stage a, the CLK1 end is at low level, the CLK2end is at high level, there is a signal input at the signal input endINPUT_N (i.e. the port is at high level), and there is no signal inputat the reset signal end REST_N (the port is at low level). It should benoted that the signal input end INPUT_N is generally connected to thesignal output end of the previous shift register unit (OUTPUT_N−1). Atthis point, the second transistor M2 is turned on to charge the firstcapacitor C1, and thus the potential of the PU point is controlled athigh level. This causes M8 and M9 in the voltage dividing circuit to beturned on, such that the potentials of the pull-down controlintermediate point (PD_CN) and the pull-down control node (PD) arecontrolled at low level, thereby making the pull-down control moduleinactive (M4 is cutoff) and the pull-down module inactive (M5 and M6 arecutoff). At this point, M10 in the holding module is turned on due tothe presence of signal input at the CLK2 end, such that the signaloutputted from the signal output end is held at low level. M11 in thefar end pull-down module is also turned on to maintain the potential ofthe far end of the signal output end at low level.

At stage b, the CLK 1 end is at high level, the CLK2 end is at lowlevel, there is no signal input at the signal input end, and there is nosignal input at the reset signal end either. At this point, since thefirst capacitor C1 has already been charged in stage a and the potentialof the PU point is thus at high level, the first transistor M1 of thepull-up module is turned on, such that the signal outputted from thesignal output end is pulled up to high level. The signal output end maybe connected to a gate of a pixel region in order to provide it with agate driving signal. It is noted that due to the coupling effect of thecapacitor, the potential of the PU point will rise continuously, suchthat the potentials of the pull-down control intermediate point (PD_CN)and the pull-down control node (PD) may remain at low level and thepull-down control module and the pull-down module continue to beinactive.

At stage c, the CLK1 end is at low level, the CLK2 end is at high level,there is no signal input at the signal input end, but there is a signalinput at the reset signal end, this is because there is a signal outputat the signal output end (OUTPUT_N+1) of an adjacent next shift registerunit. At this point, M7 in the reset discharging module is turned on,such that the left end of C1 is discharged and the potential of the PUpoint changes to be low level, thereby making the voltage dividingmodule inactive (M8 and M9 are cutoff). Meanwhile, M3 of the pull-downcontrol module is turned on such that the pull-down control intermediatepoint (PD_CN) changes to be at high level, and in turn M4 is also turnedon such that the potential of the pull-down control node (PD) changes tobe high level. In this way, the pull-down module works (M5 and M6 areturned on), and both the left end and the right end of C1 aredischarged, so that the potential of the pull-up control node and thesignal at the signal output end become to be low level. At this point,the potential of the far end of the signal output end is maintained atlow level by the far end pull-down module, in order to keep the circuitstable.

At subsequent stages, the CLK1 end and the CLK2 end are at high levelalternately, no signal is inputted at the signal input end and the resetsignal end of this shift register unit, and no signal is outputted atthe signal output end, until a new signal comes to the signal input end,then the above stages a-c are repeated.

Additionally, considering the presence of the capacitor C1, the inputmodule may further include a second capacitor C2, wherein one end of thesecond capacitor C2 is connected to the pull-up control node PU and theother end of the second capacitor C2 is connected to the second clocksignal port CLK2, such that the coupling effect of the clock signal atthe CLK1 end on the PU point may cancel out the coupling effect of theclock signal at the CLK2 end on the PU point. In this way, the stabilityof the shift register unit circuit is greatly enhanced.

In a case where no new signal comes from the signal input end, the farend potential of the signal output end is pulled down to low level bythe far end pull-down module whenever the CLK2 end is at low level, inorder to maintain the level of the far end at low level. This enables toguarantee the low level of the far end of the driver circuit, and avoidsthe need of adding additional Vss signal at the far end, making thecircuit design more simple and effective. Meanwhile, the potentials ofthe PD point and PD_CN point are also high level, and the pull-downmodule functions to pull down the signal output end to low level to keepthe circuit stable. In fact, at subsequent stages, since the potentialsof the PD point and the PD_CN point is not set to low level, they willbe held at high level, so that M4 in the pull-down control module willbe kept at on state and the pull-down module is kept at active state,until a new signal comes to the signal input end. For the purpose ofmitigating the problem of shortened lifetime caused by the high powerconsumption of M4, the state clearing module may set the potential ofthe PD_CN point to low level when the CLK1 end is at high level (at thispoint, M12 is turned on) to cutoff M4 in order to expand its lifetimewithout affecting the implementation of the functions of the circuit.

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a gate drivingdevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 4, the gate driving device 400 includes a plurality of shiftregister units 100_1, . . . , 100_N, wherein each of them may have thesame structure as the shift register unit of FIG. 1. The plurality ofshift register units are cascaded with each other, and a signal outputend of each shift register unit, except for the first shift registerunit 100_1 and the last shift register unit 100_N, is connected to aninput end of an adjacent next shift register unit and to a reset signalend of an adjacent previous shift register unit. A frame start signalSTV is inputted to a signal input end of said first shift register unitand a signal output end of said first shift register unit is connectedto a signal input end of the second shift register unit. A signal tooutput end of said last shift register unit is connected to a resetsignal end of an adjacent previous shift register unit. The firstvoltage source CLK and the second voltage source CLKB as shown in FIG. 4are opposite in phase, and thus the clock signals inputted to the firstclock signal ports of two adjacent shift register units are opposite inphase, and clock signals inputted to the second clock signal ports oftwo adjacent shift register units are opposite in phase.

Likewise, there is disclosed a display device including the abovedescribed gate driving device.

In view of many possible embodiments in which the principles of thedisclosed invention may be applied, it should be appreciated that theillustrated embodiments are merely preferred instances of the presentinvention and should not be considered as limiting the scope of thepresent invention. In contrast, the scope of the present invention isdefined by the following claims. Therefore we claim all those fallwithin the scope of these claims and their equivalents as our invention.

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 16. A shift register unit comprising: a pull-up module;an input module; a pull-down control module; a pull-down module; a resetdischarging module; a voltage dividing module; a holding module; and afar end pull-down module; wherein the pull-up module is connected to afirst clock signal port, a pull-up control node and a signal output end,and configured to pull up a signal outputted from the signal output endto high level according to a potential of the pull-up control node and aclock signal inputted to the first clock signal port, said pull-upcontrol node being a connection point between the pull-up module and theinput module; the input module is connected to a signal input end, asecond clock signal port and the pull-up control node, and configured tocontrol the potential of the pull-up control node according to a signalinputted to the signal input end and a clock signal at the second clocksignal port; the pull-down control module is connected to the secondclock signal port, a pull-down control intermediate point and apull-down control node, and configured to control a potential of thepull-down control node according to a second clock signal and apotential of the pull-down control intermediate point, the pull-downcontrol intermediate point being a connection point between thepull-down control module and the voltage dividing module, and thepull-down control node being a connection point between the pull-downcontrol module and the pull-down module; the pull-down module isconnected to the pull-down control node, the pull-up control node, a lowlevel signal and the signal output end, and configured to pull down thepotential of the pull-up control node and the signal at the signaloutput end to low level according to the potential of the pull-downcontrol node; the reset discharging module is connected to a resetsignal end, the pull-up control node and the low level signal, andconfigured to pull down the potential of the pull-up control node to lowlevel according to a signal inputted to the reset signal end; thevoltage dividing module is connected to the pull-down controlintermediate point, the pull-down control node, the pull-up control nodeand the low level signal, and configured to control the potential of thepull-down control intermediate point and the potential of the pull-downcontrol node according to the potential of the pull-up control node; theholding module is connected to the second clock signal port, the lowlevel signal and the signal output end, and configured to hold thesignal outputted from the output end at low level according to thesignal inputted to the second clock signal port; and the far endpull-down module is connected to a far end of the signal output end, thefirst clock signal port and the second clock signal port, and configuredto maintain a potential of the far end of the signal output end at lowlevel according to the signals inputted to the first and second clocksignal ports.
 17. The shift register unit according to claim 16, saidpull-up module comprises: a first transistor, wherein a gate of thefirst transistor is connected to the pull-up control node, a firstterminal of the first transistor is connected to the first clock signalport, and a second terminal of the first transistor is connected to thesignal output end; and a first capacitor, wherein one end of the firstcapacitor is connected to the pull-up control node and the other end ofthe first capacitor is connected to the signal output end.
 18. The shiftregister unit according to claim 16, said input module comprises asecond transistor, wherein a gate of the second transistor is connectedto the signal input end, a first terminal of the second transistor isconnected to the second clock signal port, and a second terminal of thesecond transistor is connected to the pull-up control node.
 19. Theshift register unit according to claim 16, said pull-down control modulecomprises: a third transistor, wherein a gate and a first terminal ofthe third transistor are connected to the second clock signal port, anda second terminal of the third transistor is connected to the pull-downcontrol intermediate point; and a fourth transistor, wherein a gate ofthe fourth transistor is connected to the pull-down control intermediatepoint, a first terminal of the fourth transistor is connected to thesecond clock signal port, and a second terminal of the fourth transistoris connected to the pull-down control node.
 20. The shift register unitaccording to claim 16, said pull-down module comprises: a fifthtransistor, wherein a gate of the fifth transistor is connected to thepull-down control node, a first terminal of the fifth transistor isconnected to the pull-up control node, and a second terminal of thefifth transistor is connected to the low level signal; and a sixthtransistor, wherein a gate of the sixth transistor is connected to thepull-down control node, a first terminal of the sixth transistor isconnected to the signal output end, and a second terminal of the sixthtransistor is connected to the low level signal.
 21. The shift registerunit according to claim 16, said reset discharging module comprises aseventh transistor, wherein a gate of the seventh transistor isconnected to the reset signal end, a first terminal of the seventhtransistor is connected to the pull-up control node, and a secondterminal of the seventh transistor is connected to the low level signal.22. The shift register unit according to claim 16, said voltage dividingmodule comprises: an eighth transistor, wherein a gate of the eighthtransistor is connected to the pull-up control node, a first terminal ofthe eighth transistor is connected to the low level signal, and a secondterminal of the eighth transistor is connected to the pull-down controlintermediate point; and a ninth transistor, wherein a gate of the ninthtransistor is connected to the pull-up control node, a first terminal ofthe ninth transistor is connected to the pull-down control node, and asecond terminal of the ninth transistor is connected to the low levelsignal.
 23. The shift register unit according to claim 16, said holdingmodule comprises a tenth transistor, wherein a gate of the tenthtransistor is connected to the second clock signal port, a firstterminal of the tenth transistor is connected to the signal output end,and a second terminal of the tenth transistor is connected to the lowlevel signal.
 24. The shift register unit according to claim 16, saidfar end pull-down module comprises an eleventh transistor, wherein agate of the eleventh transistor is connected to the second clock signalport, a first terminal of the eleventh transistor is connected to thefar end of the signal output end, and a second terminal of the eleventhtransistor is connected to the first clock signal port.
 25. The shiftregister unit according to claim 16, said input module comprises asecond capacitor, wherein one end of the second capacitor is connectedto the pull-up control node and the other end of the second capacitor isconnected to the second clock signal port.
 26. The shift register unitaccording to claim 16, further comprises a state clearing module whichis connected to the pull-down control intermediate point and configuredto clear the state of the pull-down control module.
 27. The shiftregister unit according to claim 25, said state clearing modulecomprises a twelfth transistor, wherein a gate of the twelfth transistoris connected to the first clock signal port, a first terminal of thetwelfth transistor is connected to the pull-down control intermediatepoint, and a second terminal of the twelfth transistor is connected tothe second clock signal port.
 28. The shift register unit according toclaim 18, said input module comprises a second capacitor, wherein oneend of the second capacitor is connected to the pull-up control node andthe other end of the second capacitor is connected to the second clocksignal port.
 29. A gate driving device comprising a plurality of shiftregister units of claim 16, wherein said plurality of shift registerunits are cascaded, and a signal output end of each shift register unit,except for the first shift register unit and the last shift registerunit, is connected to an input end of an adjacent next shift registerunit and to a reset signal end of an adjacent previous shift registerunit; and wherein a frame start signal is inputted a signal input end ofsaid first shift register unit and a signal output end of said firstshift register unit is connected to a signal input end of the secondshift register unit, and a signal output end of said last shift registerunit is connected to a reset signal end of an adjacent previous shiftregister unit.
 30. The gate driving device of claim 29, wherein clocksignals inputted to the first clock signal ports of two adjacent shiftregister units are opposite in phase, and clock signals inputted to thesecond clock signal ports of two adjacent shift register units areopposite in phase.
 31. A display device comprising the gate drivingdevice of claim
 29. 32. A display device comprising the gate drivingdevice of claim 30.